"This book focuses on the development and improvement of devices to assist elderly individuals in coping with various physical limitations and disabilities, highlighting the available tools and technologies for supporting the mobility, agility, and self-sufficiency of the aging population as well as the challenges associated with the integration of these technologies into the everyday lives of elderly individuals"--
Editors Morsi, Shukla, and Rathore present students, academics, researchers, and professionals working in a wide variety of contexts with an examination of ongoing research into the development and improvement of devices designed to assist the elderly. The editors have organized the sixteen contributions that make up the main body of the text in three parts devoted to mitigating challenges in elderly populations, optimizing ICT technologies for aging society, and elderly healthcare. Yosry S. Morsi is a faculty member of Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. Anupam Shukla is a faculty member of the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior. Chadra Prakash Rathore is with Oracle India Private Limited. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
Demographics reveal that the proportion of elderly individuals in the population is growing at a significant rate. Advances in medicine have allowed populations to live longer than ever; however, ensuring that these individuals have the tools necessary to sustain a productive and happy lifestyle as they age remains a concern. Optimizing Assistive Technologies for Aging Populations focuses on the development and improvement of devices intended to assist elderly individuals in coping with various physical limitations and disabilities. Highlighting the available tools and technologies for supporting the mobility, agility, and self-sufficiency of the aging population as well as the challenges associated with the integration of these technologies into the everyday lives of elderly individuals, this publication is ideally designed for reference use by healthcare workers, medical students, gerontologists, and IT developers in the field of medicine.
